Sunset Rocks

I started painting rocks with my kids. But I always ended up sitting there continuing to paint for hours after the kids were done. Once we have a large batch of rocks we drive around hiding them around our area. I can imagine people finding them and them bringing a little happiness to what could be a bad day. I don’t even mind if they post them into a rock hiding group. I just hope it brings a smile to their face.

Painting sunset rocks usually is a more difficult rock painting idea. But I knew that there was an easier technique, so I created these dotted rock style sunset. I was playing around with the design of this sunset and I asked my followers on our Rock Painting 101 Facebook page to pick between two different rocks and they decided they liked a combination of the two. (my daughter said it was a sunrise rock…so it’s however you see it!)

How to do dot painting!

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If you are painting white onto a natural rock, you may need a couple coats to make the white really white. I used Posca paint pens in my tutorial, but these sunset rocks could easily be done with a paintbrush.

Make sure that your base coats are completely dry before you start adding the dots.

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I love adding dots of all sizes. I always start with the biggest size, then move onto medium-sized dots, and finish with the smallest.

If you create one of these sunsets, please share it with us!! Leave a picture on our Facebook Live!

These sunset rocks are inspired by our #52Rocks! challenge where we are painting a different theme each week! Follow along here!